Vasily Gorshkov

• Honoured Artist of Russia• Prize-winner at the International Competition of Young Opera Singers (Perm, 1993)• Prize-winner at the All-Russian Vocalists' Competition (Belgorod, 1991)

Vasily
Gorshkov was born in Novosibirsk. Graduated from the Novosibirsk State
Glinka Conservatoire in 1992. Soloist with the Novosibirsk State
Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 1989. Made his Mariinsky
Theatre debut in 1991 as Andrei in Tchaikovsky's Mazepa. Mariinsky Theatre soloist in 1995. Soloist with the Novosibirsk State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 1996-2000.Soloist
with the St Petersburg State Academic Musorgsky Theatre of Opera and
Ballet from 2000-2001. Soloist with the Krasnodar State Theatre of
Opera and Ballet from 2001-2002.Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 2002.

In 2001 took part in the Musorgsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet's production of Puccini's Tosca
(as Cavaradossi) in Japan (Tokyo). Has performed solo concerts in
Sweden, Austria, Turkey, China and Italy. Has toured to Egypt,
Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark and USA (Los Angeles).